PMID:
J Athl Train. 2012 ;47(6):673-8. PMID: 23182016
Abstract Title:
Red light and the sleep quality and endurance performance of Chinese female basketball players.
Abstract:
CONTEXT: Good sleep is an important recovery method for prevention and treatment of overtraining in sport practice. Whether sleep is regulated by melatonin after red-light irradiation in athletes is unknown.OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of red light on sleep quality and endurance performance of Chinese female basketball players.DESIGN: Cohort study.SETTING: Athletic training facility of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and research laboratory of the China Institute of Sport Science. Patients or Other Participants: Twenty athletes of the Chinese People's Liberation Army team (age = 18.60 6 3.60 years) took part in the study. Participants were divided into red-light treatment (n = 10) and placebo (n = 10) groups.INTERVENTION(S): The red-light treatment participants received 30 minutes of irradiation from a red-light therapy instrument every night for 14 days. The placebo group did not receive light illumination.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire was completed, serum melatonin was assessed, and 12-minute run was performed at preintervention (baseline) and postintervention (14 days).RESULTS: The 14-day whole-body irradiation with red-light treatment improved the sleep, serum melatonin level, and endurance performance of the elite female basketball players (P
#Red #light #sleep #quality #endurance #performance #Chinese #female #basketball #players